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Melissa Block and Robert Siegel

In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.Melissa Block and Robert Siegel

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Same-Sex Marriage And The Supreme Court
5:20 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

As Support For Gay Marriage Grows, An Opponent Looks Ahead

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Maggie Gallagher has been an outspoken opponent of gay marriage for the past decade. She debated the issue at Saddleback College this month with John Corvino (right), a gay-marriage proponent who is also a personal friend.
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Originally published on Thu March 28, 2013 6:17 pm

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on gay marriage, Maggie Gallagher, one of the nation's leading voices in opposition to same-sex marriage, is also preparing for what might come next.

Gallagher, co-founder of the National Organization for Marriage, likes to call herself an "accidental activist." After graduating from Yale in 1982, she thought she'd become a writer and focus on what she called "important things," like money and war. She never fathomed she'd end up on TV almost daily, smack in the middle of the war zone over gay marriage.

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Politics
4:34 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

From Leadership Posts, Women Said To Be Changing Senate Tone

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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks at a field hearing of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, in Tacoma, Wash., last year.
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., appears at the Reuters Washington Summit last year.
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"I think it's been very helpful to have more women in the process, even when I disagree with them on philosophy," says former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas.
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., speaks at the Democratic National Convention last year in Charlotte, N.C. She's the first woman ever to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks with reporters on March 5, after a closed-door committee vote on the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director.
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Former Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, D-Ill., accompanied by then-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, speaks on Capitol Hill in 1997. After being elected to the Senate in 1992, Moseley-Braun was one of two women named to the all-male Judiciary Committee.
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., speaks at the Democratic National Convention last year in Charlotte, N.C. She's the first woman ever to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Originally published on Thu March 28, 2013 6:17 pm

A lot of fanfare followed last November's election, when the number of women in the U.S. Senate surged to 20 — more than ever before.

But quieter victories came after. Female senators now claim an unprecedented number of leadership positions, and for the first time in history, women are at the helm of both the Appropriations and Budget committees — as well as half of the Armed Services subcommittees.

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It's All Politics
4:32 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

Republicans Launch Mission To Turn Up Their Digital Game

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Tweets from GOP supporters scroll along the side of a large-screen display at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 28, 2012.
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Originally published on Thu March 28, 2013 6:17 pm

The Republican and Democratic parties have been in a digital arms race for years. And this week, Republicans frankly admitted that they are losing.

Now, the GOP has ambitious plans to improve its game.

Monday's report from the Republican National Committee puts it bluntly: "Republicans must catch up on how we utilize technology in our campaigns. The Obama team is several years ahead of everyone else in its technological advantage."

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NPR Story
3:41 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

Letters: Reaction To Gun Series

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

Our Series this week on guns in America have sent many of you to your keyboards. And every day, a new batch of stories sparked conversation and some heated debate at our website. Some listeners complained that our coverage was pro gun control, some that it was pro National Rifle Association.

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

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NPR Story
3:41 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

State Laws Govern Gun Purchases Differently Across The Country

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

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